Morehead State Public Radio
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Staff

Paul Hitchcock- General Manager

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Paul Hitchcock holds a MA in Communications from Morehead State University. He has hosted several programs for WMKY including Acoustic Highway, Americana Crossroads Live, Appalachian Celebration Highlights, Bluegrass At The MAC, Folk Remembered, Nothin' But The Blues, Sunday Night Jazz, U.S. 23 Talent Showcase and What's So Funny?. In 2000, his US 23 Talent Showcase series earned a Golden Reel (1st Place) as "Best Local Music/Entertainment Series" from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. He currently serves on several campus and community organizations including Morehead/Rowan County Chamber of Commerce, Morehead Tomorrow, Morehead Tourism Commission, MSU Staff Congress and Rowan County Christmas.

Chuck Mraz- News Director

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Chuck Mraz has been an employee of MSPR (WMKY) since 1986. As News Director he recruits and trains employees for MSPR's News Department and supervises the morning operations of the station. Chuck hosts "Front Page," a local news and information show and is the local news voice for inserts in NPR's "Morning Edition." He has received numerous state and national awards for his work in sports reporting.

Greg Jenkins- Operations Director

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Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

Dan ContiAssistant News Director

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Dan Conti is a longtime broadcast journalist in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. A graduate of Miami University in Ohio, Conti was an instructor of broadcast journalism at his alma mater for 12 years. He also taught high school for two years, worked in public relations for the American Cancer Society and U.S. Employment and Training Agency and authored his first book in 2006. "POWs: Stories from America's Wars" is a collection of remembrances from veterans of World World II, Korea and Vietnam. Dan supervises the afternoon operations of the MSPR News Department.


PART TIME STAFF

Grant Alden - Field Notes
Bob Christian - Bluegrass Diversion
Kenny Colston - Kentucky Public Radio Network
Carolyn Franzini - A Time For Tales
Karly Dawn Higgins - Americana Crossroads
Toni Hobbs - Americana Crossroads
Tony Pence - Country Jukebox
Matt Rand - Morning Edition
Michelle Wallace - Bluegrass Sunday
Jesse Wells - Pickin' Parlor

STUDENT STAFF

Ryan Biederman - Audio Engineer
Kelsey Bond - News Reporter
Tanner Boyd - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Megan Campbell - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Joshua Grandison - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Travis Hall - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Asa Hosada - Audio Engineer/Production Assistant (Health Matters)
Chase Johnson - News Reporter
Tyler Kline - Audio Engineer/Production Assistant (Recital Hall Series)
Carly Lacey - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Chase Scott - News Reporter
Tom Sloan - Audio Engineer/Host (Sunday Night Jazz)
Shelby Steele - News Reporter
Sam Steiert - News Reporter/Audio Engineer
Mike Williams - News Reporter/Audio Engineer